Kath & Kim
NBC | Release Date: October 9, 2008
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
9
Negative:
16
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38
Chicago Sun-TimesJessica Sedgwick
Season 1 Review: Satiric comedy only works if it's funny. And in this case, it's not. Read full review
30
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Whatever lingering debt the show owes to its original template has also resulted in some awkward elements, including occasional internal monologues by both title players that are as empty, banal and unfunny as when they're actually talking. Read full review
30
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: Kath & Kim writers, meanwhile, seem to have nothing but contempt for their heroines. Kim is willfully ignorant, rude and obnoxious in a fashion that has no redeeming qualities, and Kath is mainly an unhappy blank who lets her daughter walk all over her. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: It lacks the charm of the original. Worse, the characters in the NBC show are so exaggerated that the whole thing feels like a skit. Read full review
30
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: Kath & Kim originated in Australia, which shares the British affection for slobby class humor, but here it falls about as flat as food-court champagne. Read full review
30
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: Despite Shannon and Blair's best efforts, Kath & Kim's main characters feel like a compilation of attitudes (and wardrobes), forced into a sitcom format so tired that you'll see the plot resolution in next week's episode (not to mention most of the jokes) coming from nearly a half-hour away. Read full review
30
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: Kath & Kim is based on an Australian hit series of the same name but this Americanized version is an unpleasant way to pass a half-hour. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: It's a complete wince-inducing mess that makes you feel sorry for Shannon and annoyed at NBC and Nader. Read full review
25
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: NBC's unfunny adaptation of the wildly funny Australian sitcom, is arguably the worst idea for an import from the Land Down Under since Vegemite. Read full review
25
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: Witlessly Americanized by Michelle Nader (King of Queens), Kath manages to waste the talents of Molly Shannon while exposing the limits of Selma Blair's comedy range. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: It may remind some viewers more directly of the British sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous," except that "Ab Fab" was hilarious and this one just gives you a headache. Read full review
12
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: I feel sorry for Shannon, who nicely underplays her role, but she’s trapped in show that does not work, and, with Blair as her co-star, will never work. Read full review
10
TimeJames Poniewozik
Season 1 Review: It's sneering and unwatchably badly written; it shoots at fish in a barrel and still manages to miss. Read full review
10
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: Dreadful. Worse even than those awful Olympics promos. Read full review
10
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: Shannon and Blair have none of the clueless peas-in-a-pod chemistry of the actresses in the Australian original. Shannon is wound too tightly, and Blair is terribly miscast. Read full review
10
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: Kath & Kim features Molly Shannon, adapts an Australian hit and joins the NBC lineup at 8:30 p.m. Thursday. The results are simply dreadful. That is all. Read full review
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